I do know a good deal about real estate, I am a mortgage broker with a background in construction.

Do the background checks (don't rely on a credit report alone), get the references and use your common sense.

hello everyone by name is James I own three properties in southern California but I would like to get into the investment part of real estate far as rehab property wholesale property lease option and the other areas of investing .I have background of a handyman with plenty of experience in the home repair and remodeling .need to know from step one half to get involved in this serious part of real estate investing .my intentions is to locate property repair and fix it up myself put it up under contract or lease option or just flipped it need to know how to get started from step one .thank you very much for your time looking forward to hear from you soon .James

I have a very deep background in commercial and shallow in residential.

However, I would strongly suggest doing a criminal background check.

I need some help with structuring a partner deal.Just for background, we've done around 10 real estate deals, but all with our own money/credit.We found a potential deal, and we're at the point where we're our cash is tied up.

Each reader comes to the starting line with a different background.

I have a sales and software background, and I am especially interested in REOs and how to know a good deal when I see one.

The variety of backgrounds on this site is pretty interesting

Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your real estate background?